FCW, Lexington relay teams advance to finals

Thursday

May 23, 2013 at 10:46 PMMay 23, 2013 at 10:48 PM

Class 1A boys' state track meet preliminaries from Thursday

Flanagan-Cornell-Woodland and Lexington each had one relay team advance to the finals of the Class 1A boys’ state track and field meet at O’Brien Field at Eastern Illinois University Thursday. The Class 2A boys, that include Pontiac and Prairie Central, will hold their preliminary competition this morning with Class 3A taking place this afternoon. The finals for all three classes will be Saturday. FCW made the finals in the 4x100 relay as the quartet of Dylan Malinowski, Gary Lisweski, Kody Appel and Brent Albertson made the circuit in 44.12 seconds. It was good for third in the heat and eighth best overall. Newman Central Catholic of Sterling had the fastest time at 42.77 seconds. Lexington was disqualified in the 4x100 but the Minutemen 4x200 team of Connor Garth, Nick Barkes, Chuck Wright and Jordon Algar was fourth in its heat at 1:33.13 and qualified ninth overall. Sterling Newman had the fastest time in this event, as well, at 1:29.91. Dwight’s 4x400 relay team of Justin Wolz, Clay McCormick, Jack Davidson and Michael Bennett placed third in its heat at 3:35.95 but did not qualify for the finals. Dwight also missed out in the 4x800 relay. The foursome of Mitch Fransen, Stinnett Gettinger, John Carter and Nathan Ruffatti combined for a time of 8:41.49 for sixth place in their heat. Albertson missed qualifying for the final in the 100- and 200-meter dashes. The Flanagan-Cornell senior had a time of 11.19 seconds in placing fourth in his heat in the 100. He was clocked at 22.85 seconds in the 200 in placing fifth in his heat. Dawson White of Fieldcrest had a time of 17.06 seconds in placing sixth in his heat of the 110-meter high hurdles. Austin Walsh of Dwight was fifth in his heat of the 330 intermediate hurdles with a time of 42.03 seconds. Jacob Ludy of El Paso-Gridley ran the 1,600 meters in 4:43.68. He was 10th in his heat. In the field, FCW’s Nate Roemer had the best shot put distance among the three area competitors. Roemer had a push of 45 feet, 4 3/4 inches. Dwight’s Gus Rieke had a mark of 45-1/4 and Tyler Halloran had a push of 42-3/4. Roemer fouled in the discus.